Countdown to GFN
Six days to go before the world’s premier nicotine event - the Global Forum on Nicotine, the only conference devoted to tobacco harm reduction
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by Dave Cross
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Organisers of The Global Forum on Nicotine (#GFN22) say: “Travelling to Warsaw? Dust off the passport (and just double check it's still in date). Joining us online? Remember to register at the website for access to the live-streamed sessions and the full functionality of the conference platform, including Q+A.”
To promote dynamic and discussion-based sessions at #GFN22, allowing time for productive question-and-answer sessions, pre-recorded short responses have already been published online from some of the speakers from the six panel discussions.
Note: only Panels 1, 4 and 5 will be live-streamed.
To watch the presentations, go to the Conference Programme and look for the red ‘VIDEO’ button underneath the speakers' names.
Currently available presentations include:
Panel 1 Academic freedom and the ghost of Senator Joseph R McCarthy
- Sree Sucharitha: ‘Science is always shaped by the time and the place in which it is carried out’ (Angela Saini)
- Brad Rodu: The story I’ve never told about my introduction to tobacco research and policy
Panel 2 Safer nicotine products - it’s not all about vaping
- Karl Fagerstrom: Health effects of snus and non-tobacco nicotine pouches
- Peter Hajek: Smoking vs e-cigarettes in pregnancy
Panel 3 Misinformation: who can we trust?
- John Oyston: Disinformation about vaping in Canada
- Roberto Sussman: Misinformation on vaping emissions
- Cother Hajat: The health impact of smokeless tobacco use
- William Stewart: What does the public think about misinformation and trust?
Panel 4 Benefits of nicotine
- Sud Patwardhan: Nicotine - beyond tobacco
Panel 5 Safer nicotine: human rights and legal challenges
- Gerry Stimson: A human rights approach to tobacco harm reduction
#GFN22 organisers add that more videos are being included into the programme all the time and will be accessible before the event starts. The best way to stay on top of updates is to follow the official Twitter account: @GFNicotine
Concluding, they say: “We also have our incredible festival of #GFNFives to get you in the mood - thank you to everyone who submitted your five-minute wonders on science, regulatory issues, consumer advocacy efforts and regional updates.”
References:
- The Global Forum on Nicotine - https://gfn.events/
Dave Cross
Journalist at POTVDave is a freelance writer; with articles on music, motorbikes, football, pop-science, vaping and tobacco harm reduction in Sounds, Melody Maker, UBG, AWoL, Bike, When Saturday Comes, Vape News Magazine, and syndicated across the Johnston Press group. He was published in an anthology of “Greatest Football Writing”, but still believes this was a mistake. Dave contributes sketches to comedy shows and used to co-host a radio sketch show. He’s worked with numerous start-ups to develop content for their websites.
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